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New Climate Research Site in the Azores Fills Critical Data Gap
On October 1, the ARM Climate Research Facility began providing the research community with continuous data about clouds, aerosols, energy, and precipitation from Graciosa Island in the Azores, Portugal. Installed by a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory, this newest outpost is broadly referred to as the Eastern North Atlantic, or ENA, site, and mirrors…
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Climate Data Now Flowing from Oliktok, Alaska
Scientists seeking answers to questions about Arctic climate change will soon have a bevy of new data to mine from the North Slope of Alaska. In mid-September, a field team led by Sandia National Laboratories finished installing an initial collection of instruments at Oliktok Point, Alaska, for a new Department of Energy climate observation station.…
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2013 Radar Meteorology Conference
This week, radar engineers and science colleagues are gathering in Colorado for the American Meteorological Society’s 36th Conference on Radar Meteorology. From new insights on Arctic cloud processes to innovative techniques for radar calibration, leading ARM radar experts are sharing their latest findings and advances from ARM’s global radar network for both weather and climate…
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From Shining Sea to Tropical Rain Forest
On June 30, the first ARM Mobile Facility completed a one-year deployment at Cape Cod National Seashore for the Two-Column Aerosol Project. On the heels of this highly visible and successful collaboration, the facility underwent some upgrades and recalibration before being packed and prepared for its voyage to the Amazonian rainforest the first week of…
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Aerosol Research Heats Up During Summer Fire Season
This summer, Department of Energy researchers are maneuvering a high-tech research aircraft into the plumes of wildfires in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Tennessee to collect samples of smoke near the source (new) and downwind (aged). Scientists involved in the Biomass Burning Observation Project, or BBOP, will analyze both new and aged samples to study…
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Gearing Up for Science in Amazon Rainforest
Heavy rains, scorching sun, and 100% humidity? No problem for ARM Mobile Facility operations personnel from Los Alamos National Laboratory. In March, they installed an initial suite of instruments outside Manaus, Brazil, as field work ramps up for the GOAMAZON field campaign in 2014.
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Data Sharing for Climate Research with India Now Official
A new cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Indian Institute of Science formalizes efforts between the two countries to study aerosols and cloud processes and the Indian Monsoon. The official Memorandum of Understanding, signed in March and effective for 10 years, establishes a framework for collaboration between DOE and the Indian…
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ARM Facility Highlights at EGU General Assembly 2013
From April 7-12 at the European Geophysical Union’s General Assembly, visitors to the ARM Facility exhibit (#4) can learn about ARM capabilities and data collections for climate research, as well as field campaigns in the United States and around the world. Speakers will also present research advances through ARM in the scientific program.
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Cloud Cocktail Melts Greenland Ice Sheet
Research published today in the journal Nature shows that low-level clouds in Greenland that contain just the right amount of water are thick enough to block heat from escaping to space, but thin enough to allow sunlight to reach the surface. This cloud cocktail leads to enhanced warming near the surface. Measurements from ARM instruments…
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Announcing: ARM’s New Data Discovery Browser
Now showing on a computer near you is a completely new and dynamic tool for accessing and ordering ARM data!